Jon Candelaria, New York City Dad, Risks Life To Save Cab Driver From Drowning During Hurricane Sandy

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Jon Candelaria was well aware that diving into chest-deep freezing waters to save a drowning stranger during Hurricane Sandy meant risking his own life. But even that couldn’t stop this brave New Yorker.

Candelaria didn’t get a chance to catch the driver’s name before he was whisked off to the hospital and told DNAinfo that he doesn’t consider himself a hero. Though he hopes to meet the driver he saved again.

"I'm not a hero. What was I supposed to do? Sit at home and watch a man drown and take pictures to post on Facebook?" Candelaria told the news outlet. "That's not me."

Jon Candelaria, New York City Dad, Risks Life To Save Cab Driver From Drowning During Hurricane Sandy

The Heroes of Hurricane Sandy

The Heroes of Hurricane Sandy

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Michael Bloomberg

New York Mayor Bloomberg took all the major precautions to keep New Yorkers safe.
He ordered 3,750,000 people to vacate the low-lying areas across the five boroughs and ordered a complete shutdown of the mass transit system well before the storm even hit.
According to the New York Times, he even calmly dealt with a huge <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/nyregion/crane-accident-at-one57-in-midtown.html?_r=0">crane poised to collapse </a>over a luxury skyscraper.